The Van Loon, Hendrik Willem 1882-1944 creator text utu 1996 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Story of Mankind" by Hendrik Willem Van Loon is a history book published in 1921. Written for Van Loon's children, it traces Western civilization from primitive humans through the development of writing, art, and religion to the modern nation-state. Van Loon included only events he deemed essential to understanding civilization's trajectory. The book won the first-ever Newbery Medal in 1922, recognizing its outstanding contribution to children's literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Mankind Release date is 1996-12-01 Produced by Charles Keller, and David Widger Original publication data not identified World history World history -- Juvenile literature D Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/754 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/754 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133035.0 754